UNSETTLED PATTERN: The air across Alabama will become more unstable in coming days, and moisture levels will rise, setting the stage for an unsettled pattern through the weekend. We expect a mix of sun and clouds today and tomorrow with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms, mostly between 12:00 noon and 12:00 midnight. Odds of any one spot getting wet both days are 50 to 70 percent, and afternoon highs will be mostly in the upper 80s.
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At 500 AM AST (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Depression Chantal was located near latitude 39.1 North, longitude 45.7 West. The depression is moving toward the east near 17 mph (28 km/h). Chantal is forecast to slow down and make a clockwise loop through the weekend.
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently downgraded Tropical Depression Chantal, located several hundred miles south-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
RADAR CHECK: Most of the showers and thunderstorms are over the southwest part of Alabama this afternoon in a broad zone from Livingston and Demopolis south to Mobile. Still, a few showers or storms could form over North/Central Alabama from now through about 10:00 tonight. The sky is partly sunny with temperatures in the upper 80s and low 80s for most communities.
As of 1:15 pm, we have a few showers over the extreme southwestern and extreme southeastern parts of Central Alabama, while the rest of the area is dry and hot at this point.
The high in Birmingham for August 20th, 2019 was 98F. The low was 71F.
CLASSIC AUGUST WEATHER CONTINUES: Today will be another hot, humid day for Alabama with sunshine this morning, and random, slow moving, scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Most communities will see a high in the low 90s this afternoon.
CLASSIC SUMMER DAY: This is just what we expect in summer in Alabama. After a mostly sunny morning, we have an array of random, scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. They are drifting to the south/southwest, and are producing heavy rain, gusty winds, and lot of lightning. Away from the storms temperatures are mostly in the low to mid 90s.
The National Weather Association Foundation’s WeatherReady Fest will take place at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Saturday, September 7, 2019, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Charger Student Union building.
The high in Birmingham for August 19th, 2019 was 97F. The low was 75F.
SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS: Look for hot, muggy weather again today across Alabama with a partly sunny sky and afternoon temperatures in the low to mid 90s. Like yesterday, scattered, random, slow moving showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and tonight in the unstable air; odds of any one spot getting wet are 30/40 percent. The weather won’t change much tomorrow as the classic summer pattern continues.
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A rapidly developing thunderstorm is bringing torrential rain, intensie lightning, and winds to 40 mph to the southern parts of the Birmingham Metro.
